FA to have final say on Wembley, says No 10

Fresh doubts about the ambitious project were raised after Downing Street indicated that the Football Association would have the final say on where it would be built.

Mr Blair's official spokesman said that Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, had received a report 10 days ago from Patrick Carter, the businessman called in to "knock heads together" over the troubled project.

But the spokesman stressed that it was for the FA to decide what to do next after the report outlined possible ways ahead.